..Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and its sulfate DHEAS, which are the most abundant steroids in women, decline with age. We have shown association between low sexual function and low circulating DHEAS levels in women...

..It has been proposed that restoring the circulating levels of these steroids to those found in young women may have anti-aging effects and improve sexual function and wellbeing in postmenopausal women...

The relationship between hormone therapy use at the time of diagnosis of breast cancer and tumor characteristics

..01). There were no associations between HT use and either breast cancer stage or HR status. Women using systemic HT at the time of diagnosis were more likely to have lobular rather than ductal breast cancer compared with women not on HT...

Vaginal DHEA to treat menopause related atrophy: a review of the evidence

..To report on the issues encountered in the recruitment of healthy naturally menopausal women in the community to a randomized placebo-controlled trial of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) therapy for treatment of loss of sexual desire...

..The aim of our study was to establish the prevalence of breast pain persisting 5 years after the initial treatment of breast cancer (BC) and the relationship between those persistent symptoms and general well-being...

A comparison of the characteristics, treatment and outcome after 5 years, of Australian women aged 70+ with those aged <70 years at the time of diagnosis of breast cancer

..We have summarized the physiology of DHEA in women and reviewed the findings from randomized controlled trials (RCT) of the effects of DHEA therapy in postmenopausal women with normal adrenal function...

Sexual function, incontinence, and wellbeing in women after rectal cancer--a review of the evidence